'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates
There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers.
Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a "baby bust" - meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size.
The researchers said the findings were a "huge surprise".
And there would be profound consequences for societies with "more grandparents than grandchildren".
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday November 16 2018, @04:04PM (1 child)
Instead of giving everyone a plot of land, stuff them in an arcology.
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Friday November 16 2018, @06:14PM
I don't think we can yet build a real archology. We're getting closer, if you don't care about livability, but without that "stuff them in" is the correct description. How, for instance, do you ensure a trustworthy governance? Consider Brasilia. I don't know what it's like now, but for a long time it was a place nobody wanted to live.
Artificial environments are tricky. I agree that we should be building them, but we should acknowledge from the start that each one is an experiment.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.